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Birmingham is a fast growing US city and is the most progressive city in the state of Alabama. The city is Alabama's capital of culture and entertainment and has anything that one could ask for.

The city has a strong presence of industries such as health care, pharmaceutical, steel industry, banking and financials. These companies keep Birmingham on top of the list of the most happening cities with regular acquisitions and other major moves. Birmingham hosts the nation's largest and the oldest Veterans Day celebration and is also known as the city where the celebration of Veterans Day was founded.

50,000 people have downloaded the Smart Lakes app. Alabama Power manages and operates 14 lakes across the state, and if you&rsquo;re just a casual visitor or you have a second home on the lake, this app can help with any detail.

DNA evidence from a mask found at a crime scene in Jefferson County has led to an arrest. 40-year-old Jason Dale Boatwright, 40, of Bessemer is charged with murder, first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary and second-degree assault.

With laptops, cell phones, Google Home, Alexa and several other devices in your home, there are so many ways for hackers to get into your cyber home and steal money, personal information or worse - your identity.

It's more than issuing tags and registrations to drivers . There's more that meets the eye and changes that are here started last year in Montgomery. "There's nothing to be alarmed about," said Daren Lanier, deputy director for the Jefferson County Revenue Department . The state has changed its validation decals-you probably, know it as the bright-colored sticker you purchase eve

Here are the games that we will be attending this Friday night, August 24. And don&rsquo;t forget, we will be bringing you close to 100 scores from around our state. We'll see you this Friday at 10:08 p.m.!

A convicted sex offender has been arrested for carjacking a teenage girl in Jefferson County. Christopher Keith Terry, 26, is in the Jefferson County Jail without bond. He is charged with first-degree robbery.

New at the University of Alabama this year, The nursing program is working to help improve healthcare in rural areas that need it. Capstone college of nursing at the UA launched a program called Bama Cares this year.

The Alabama State Department of Education continues its push to get more National Board-Certified Teachers (NBCTs) in local public schools by offering grants for educators interested in undertaking the intense certification process. The state grants will help more than 100 teachers pay for the nearly $2,000 in certification costs.

It's a gorgeous Wednesday afternoon across Central Alabama. You'll probably notice the humidity levels aren't nearly as high as yesterday as dry air continues to make its way into the area. Most of us have warmed up into the 80s at this hour with dew points in the upper 60s.

Matt Daniel has joined the WBRC First Alert Weather Team as a digital meteorologist. Hear what sparked the Georgia native&rsquo;s love for weather, his hobbies, and what brought him to Central Alabama. Plus, he dishes on some of his favorite foods as he begins discovering all the Magic City has to offer.

You may have noticed a nice little breeze out there Tuesday. That's because a potent August cold front is pushing across our area. The wet weather will continue to exit the area to the far southeast, with clearing Tuesday night, and lows in the 60s.

REST OF TONIGHT At the time of this update scattered showers and storms were impacting central and eastern parts of our area. There is a chance we could see some additional showers and storms later this evening.

We're on your side finding out what will happen to dogs taken Sunday night from what police are calling a dog-fighting operation in Mulga. There is a chance these dogs could go back to the man being charged with training them to fight. On Monday, we found out that man's name is Reginald Dowdell.

Rain chances remain elevated across our area, however, the greatest coverage of showers and storms continues to be over locations south of I-20. Much like yesterday, this is limiting storm development further north.

Starting to see more shower development on radar, and I expect the coverage to continue to increase this afternoon from west to east. Most of the action this afternoon will remain below strong or severe limits in Alabama.

Three Mississippi hospitals, their physician practices and a Tennessee parent company are filing for bankruptcy, citing more than $70 million in debts. Curae Health of Knoxville, Tennessee, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...

Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage has joined 15 other Republican leaders across the nation in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that companies can fire their workers based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Four centuries after some of the first enslaved Africans were brought to English-controlled North America, plans are underway to commemorate their arrival in Virginia and reckon with slavery&#39;s legacy.

Arizona's Republicans on Tuesday will decide a three-way battle over which candidate to nominate to replace the state's junior U.S. Senator, who is retiring because he has no political future after criticizing President Trump.

Judges are scheduled to make crucial decisions about child abuse charges and bail provisions for five defendants arrested at a compound where children lived in filth and the body of a 3-year-old boy was retrieved.

The Alabama Crimson Tide held its second scrimmage of the fall on Saturday afternoon at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The workout lasted roughly 130 plays and just under two hours on a cloudy and humid Saturday afternoon in Tuscaloosa.

They are the comments heard around the Bama Nation, and they are comments that are not being taken fondly by many Crimson Tide football fans. Yes, Jalen indeed hurts, and that hurt has been simmering inside the young man&rsquo;s brain since moments after Tua went all 2nd-and-26 on the Georgia Bulldogs.